J.J. Watt rated No. 2 overall player in PFF Top 50

J.J. Watt rated No. 2 overall player in PFF Top 50

J.J. Watt continues to gain honors even after a season where he appeared in just three games. The Texans standout defensive end is the No. 2 overall player on Pro Football Focus’ Top 50 players for 2017.

Rather than a popularity contest or a look back at the last season, PFF’s list aims to identify the top 50 overall players in the NFL right now, both in the present and looking at the upcoming season.

He had been the No. 1 player in prior editions, but the injury-ravaged 2016 knocked the perennial All-Pro from his lofty perch.

The injury-marred 2016 from Watt harms his case, but even his 2015 season was a slight step back from the three previous years of unparalleled dominance, and that’s why he is pipped to the No. 1 spot by Donald

The PFF analysts do go on to note, “Watt at his best is the best player in the game, and utterly dominant as both a pass-rusher and run defender playing inside and on the edge for the Houston defense.”

Watt didn’t react too favorably when it was revealed he was the No. 35 overall player on the NFL Network’s Top 100 list, calling it “a joke” after he missed almost the entire season. One wonders how he’ll like being elevated even higher in this aggregation…

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